期刊
CARDIOVASCULAR DIABETOLOGY
卷 20, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12933-020-01202-5
关键词
Metformin; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Mortality; Cardiovascular diseases; Myocardial ischemia; Microvascular events
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [82070261, 91749108, 31671424]
- Major Research and Invention Plan of Shaanxi Province, China [2018SF-270, 2018SF-101]
- Youth Innovation Team of Shaanxi Universities, Shaanxi Province, China
This study found that T2DM patients treated with metformin did not show a lower risk of all-cause mortality or cardiovascular mortality compared to untreated T2DM patients. Further, the combination of metformin with another hypoglycemic drug was associated with a higher risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.
BackgroundMetformin is a first-line drug in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) treatment, yet whether metformin may increase all-cause or cardiovascular mortality of T2DM patients remains inconclusive.MethodsWe searched PubMed and Embase for data extracted from inception to July 14, 2020, with a registration in PROSPERO (CRD42020177283). This study included randomized controlled trials (RCT) assessing the cardiovascular effects of metformin for T2DM. This study is followed by PRISMA and Cochrane guideline. Risk ratio (RR) with 95% CI was pooled across trials by a random-effects model. Primary outcomes include all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality.ResultsWe identified 29 studies that randomly assigned patients with 371 all-cause and 227 cardiovascular death events. Compared with untreated T2DM patients, metformin-treated patients was not associated with lower risk of all-cause mortality (RR: 0.98; 95%CI: 0.69-1.38; P=0.90), cardiovascular mortality (RR: 1.13; 95% CI: 0.60, 2.15; P=0.70), macrovascular events (RR: 0.87; 95%CI: 0.70-1.07; P=0.19), heart failure (RR: 1.02; 95% CI:0.61-1.71; P=0.95), and microvascular events (RR: 0.78; 95% CI:0.54-1.13; P=0.19). Combination of metformin with another hypoglycemic drug was associated with higher risk of all-cause mortality (RR: 1.49; 95% CI: 1.02, 2.16) and cardiovascular mortality (RR: 2.21; 95% CI: 1.22, 4.00) compared with hypoglycemic drug regimens with no metformin.ConclusionThe combination of metformin treatment may impose higher risk in all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. This finding, at least in part, shows no evidence for benefits of metformin in combination in terms of all-cause/cardiovascular mortality and cardiovascular events for T2DM. However, the conclusion shall be explained cautiously considering the limitations from UK Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS).
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